SAH

School of Arts & Humanities

Courses Offered in Mormon Studies

The Mormon Theological Tradition: An investigation of the development of Mormon theology through the close examination of both its eminent and obscure thinkers and writers.

Mormonism through Women’s Eyes: A close study of writings by Mormon women from Lucy Mack Smith to the present in an effort to understand what Mormonism has meant to women.

The Mormon Experience: Sociological and Historical Perspectives: An introduction to Mormonism taught jointly by a sociologist, Armand Mauss, and an historian, Richard Bushman.

The Life and Thought of Joseph Smith: An examination of the character and teachings of Joseph Smith in the context of his times.

Contemporary Mormonism: What are the questions the Church has to address today? What is Mormon life like in the twenty-first century? What are the prospects for Mormonism? Special attention to Mormonism in Southern California.